Happy Hour Links: Cruise ship with suspected swine flu cases finds dock; Anne Frank diaries on permanent display; FlyAway bus fare increase

> After being rejected from two Caribbean ports, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship carrying three passengers with flu-like symptoms was allowed to dock in St. Thomas, according to Cruise Critic. The quarantined bunch (two crew members and one passenger) aboard the Adventure of the Seas are reportedly being tested for swine flu.

> All of Anne Frank’s diaries will soon “come home,” announced the Anne Frank House Museum. Starting Nov. 1, diaries and other works of the Jewish teenager who chronicled her experiences in hiding during WWII will be on permanent public display in the Amsterdam museum.

> A new warning system at Los Angeles International Airport is “designed to stop runway incursions that for years have endangered planes taxiing to and from terminals at Los Angeles International Airport,” according to an L.A. Times report.

> Speaking of LAX, we’ve got bad news for frequent riders of the FlyAway bus service. Beginning Aug. 1, services between the airport and Van Nuys and Union Station will increase $1, to $7 one way. Services from Westwood will stay the same, at its current $5 one-way fare.

> The Times’ L.A. Unleashed blog posted some lovely photos of the latest arrivals — greater flamingo chicks — at the Budapest Zoo in Hungary. You can’t get much cuter than baby flamingos. Go on, have a look.

- Susan Derby, Special to The Times

[Photo: Pages from Anne Frank's diary. Credit: Reuters]

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